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Dictionary keyboard shortcuts on Mac

Every shortcut in Dictionary's menu bar, grouped the way Dictionary groups them. Nobody typed this list. It was read from the app's own menus, the way Keysi reads them when you hold ⌘.

30 shortcuts · read from Dictionary 2.3.0 on 2026-10-16.

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Dictionary

CommandKeys
Settings…⌘,
Hide Dictionary⌘H
Hide Others⌥⌘H
Quit Dictionary⌘Q
Quit and Keep Windows⌥⌘Q

File

CommandKeys
New Window⌘N
New Tab⌘T
Close⌘W
Close All⌥⌘W
Print…⌘P

Edit

CommandKeys
Undo⌘Z
Redo⇧⌘Z
Cut⌘X
Copy⌘C
Paste⌘V
Select All⌘A
Find ▸ Search For a New Word…⌥⌘F
Find ▸ Find…⌘F
Find ▸ Find Next⌘G
Find ▸ Find Previous⇧⌘G
Find ▸ Use Selection for Find⌘E
Find ▸ Jump to Selection⌘J

Go

CommandKeys
Back⌘[
Forward⌘]
CommandKeys
All Dictionaries⌘0
Select Next Dictionary⌘}
Select Previous Dictionary⌘{

Window

CommandKeys
Minimize⌘M
Minimize All⌥⌘M

Help

CommandKeys
Dictionary Help⌘?

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This page is a snapshot. Dictionary changes its menus between versions, and some shortcuts only appear for what's selected. Keysi reads the menus of the Dictionary you're running: hold ⌘ and every shortcut shows up over the app, and clicking a row runs it.

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